Apron-belt



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J. LANG v3v D. W. EVANS.

APRON BELT.

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UITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULES LANG AND D. IVALTER EVANS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

APRON SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,128, dated October 13, 1891.

Application filed June 22,1891.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JULES LANG andA D. WALTER EvAns, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Belts forAprons and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in belts for aprons and the like.

In large establishments, particularly such as hotels and restaurants and in dining-car systems, where itl is necessary to provide aprons in large numbers for employs and keep them in proper condition for wear, the frequent breaking of the apron-strings is a cause of annoyance and expense which it is very desirable to obviate.

The object of our invention is to provide suoli an apron with a means for holding the same to the body, which will be readily removable and replaceable and which is not liable to become injured orbroken in use and the use of which, moreover, will not render the apron more liable to become torn.

Our invention consists in the details of construction and combination of parts, all as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view in perspective of an apron provided with our improvements. Fig. 2 is a view of the belt closed, and Fig. 3 a horizon tal central section through the closure of the belt.

A represents the apron provided at either end, as may be preferred, with a casing or welt B, extending part way across the top of the apron. There is thus provided at each side the ilap C.

Into the casing B at the top of the apron is inserted a belt D, preferably of spring metal, and of a character with a normal tendency to straighten out. Then the apron is attached to the body through the medium of such a belt, the presence of the fiap permits it to hang easily and vertically about the legs and interferes less with the movement of the wearer than is the case with the aprons as 0rdinarily constructed, in which the fastening is done at the extreme corner.

The belt which we prefer to employ is, as before stated, composed of spring metal having a tendency to straighten, and is provided Serial No. 397,082. (No moel at one end with a buckle F., comprising alaterally-enlarged strip of metal F, provided with a transverse slot G in the enlargement, said slot being extended, as indicated at G', for a purpose presently described. The strap F is bent at the point of the slot G, so lthat its extreme end is in a differenthorizontal plane from the plane of the metal band. The other end of the band D is provided with the lugs I, extending from the inner surface of the belt or passing entirely through the same and extending outward from both surfaces. These lugs may be several in number and such dise tances apart as may be necessary to fit the belt to various sizes of waist, and will usually be about one-half of an inch apart.

To fasten the belt, the tongue or tail-piece having the lugs I is inserted into the slot G in the strap F from the direction of the upper side or that away from the body. The tongue or tail-piece extends along` the inner side of the buckle end so far as may be necessary to reduce the diameter of the belt to the size of the wearer and its return is prevented by engagement between one of the lugs I and the outer extremity of the slot G, the upward-extending part of the lug I finding a recess in the enlargement G of the slot G.

This belt is attached readily and fitted at once to any waist of dimensions within the limit of the belt, and when applied will not easily unbuckle, except by positive manipulation at the hand of the wearer. At the same time it oifers no pressure upon the body of any kind to be objectionable or injurious.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A belt for aprons and the like, comprising a strap having an inherent normal tendency to straighten, carrying atone end an inward-projecting lug and at the other provided with an infleXibly-secured extending strip of metal bent as shown and having the transverse slot, substantially as described.

2. A belt for attaching aprons and the like to the body, comprising a spring-strap having an inherent normal tendency to straighten, bent inward at one end and provided at such bent portion with a transverse slot to afford a buckle, and provided at the other end with a lug projecting inward from the face of the IOO strap and adapted to enter the slot and enmore lugs Lpassing entirely through the same Io gage the wall thereof When introduced, suband projecting outward from each'faoe, substantally as described. stantially as describedl.

3. A belt for attaching aprons and the like i to the body, cornprising a strap D of a mate- ANS rial having an inherent normal tendency to straighten, carrying at one end a buckle E, In presence of bent as shown andprovided with the slot G, J. W. DYRENFORTH, and provided atthe other end with one or M. J. FROST. 

